[Editor's note: the following blog post was written by Jeff Margolis, chair and CEO, Welltok]
Data, data, everywhere...the practical dilemma is that even as the increasing threat of data security challenges is hitting the front page, healthcare industry leaders and pundits are in nearly universal agreement that far more - not less - consumer ...

[Editor's note: the following blog post was written by Toby Samo, M.D., chief medical officer, Allscripts. This is the first installment in our 5-part series focusing on Global Healthcare Megatrends]
There are more than 7 billion people on the planet today. Our growing global population has triggered some of the biggest healthcare ...

Editor's note: This article was posted with permission from its author, Christine Gondos, Igloo Software. She can be reached at cgondos@igloosoftware.com.
The fastpaced healthcare industry is continuously evolving --
whether it be newly released studies, new best practices or new techniques, the
healthcare community thrives off of ...

Editor's note: This article was posted with permission from its author, Christine Gondos, Igloo Software. She can be reached at cgondos@igloosoftware.com.
The fastpaced healthcare industry is continuously evolving --
whether it be newly released studies, new best practices or new techniques, the
healthcare community thrives off of ...

As Meaningful Use criteria push towards required interoperability and changing reimbursement methods necessitate more coordinated care, HIEs are looking more and more appealing to hHealthcare providers. The HIE market practically exploded last year, growing more than 40%, according to a Chilmark Research report.
''As federal incentives drive the ...

Editor's note: This blog was written by Chelsea Foster, a copywriter at DKI.
Twitter has openly embraced the unimportant. It is the foundation upon which it was built in the first place. We all have that innate desire to inform the online eyes and ears of our friends, families, and perfect strangers, about the most painstakingly trivial personal ...

Advances in
technology over the past decade have raised serious concerns for patient privacy,
an issue that sparked an intense panel discussion at the Second International
Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, held last week in Washington, DC. Panelists
debated current legislation’s ability to properly protect patients in the age
of smart ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday proposed new rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the use of health information technology (IT). Specifically, the new rules would empower patients and allow them to gain access to test results reports directly from labs. They ...

Smarter systems can help weed out fraud and put the focus on providing preventative care.
Guest commentary from Brad Allen, lead architect for IBM Entity Analytics
Personnel at a hospital in Miami called an Illinois woman repeatedly, demanding she pay a $2,000 bill for giving birth. She told the callers she'd never been to that hospital - and ...

Smarter systems can help weed out fraud and put the focus on providing preventative care.
Guest commentary from Brad Allen, lead architect for IBM Entity Analytics
Personnel at a hospital in Miami called an Illinois woman repeatedly, demanding she pay a $2,000 bill for giving birth. She told the callers she'd never been to that hospital - and ...